16 FAMILIAR TREES 



Muscovy), glittering with its armed and varnished 

 leaves blushing with their natural coral ? It mocks 

 the rudest assaults of the weather, beasts, and 

 hedge breakers." For this purpose the variety 

 known as Hodgen's Ho%, or latifo'lia, is the best 

 adapted, as it has fine broad and deep-coloured 

 leaves and a close compact habit of growth, without 

 that tendency to become thin below and to run 

 up into standards that is shown by some common 

 varieties. 



Hollies can be readily raised from cuttings, which 

 are preferably set in April or May ; but, as Evelyn 

 says, seedlings are better. The berries for seed 

 should be mixed with sandy loam for a twelve- 

 month, as they do not germinate till their second 

 spring. 



Few objects on a lawn are more beautiful than a 

 clump of Hollies, with red or yellow berries peeping 

 from among the glossy leaves flecked with ivory- white, 

 while a Brier-rose clambers among its boughs, or the 

 autumnal glories of Virginian creeper relieve the more 

 sombre green. 



